I used to enjoy driving.  I’d get into any one of the cars I’ve owned over the years and take to the road – enjoying the unique driving experience that each car afforded.  I even enjoyed driving in L.A. for many years – because the freeways aren’t always constipated; nor are some-of-those special back roads. […]

Sorry Readers…I had a big home move this week and couldn\’t think or write. I will be back next week! 

And here I thought we were in the throes of a recession: what with the housing market and sub-prime loan fiasco; companies closing their doors  — laying off thousands; and, banks cutting off credit!  But the other day, I went to a real, old-fashioned, California backyard barbecue —  that had all-of-the-fixings one would expect from

It’s Son Tyler’s 16th birthday today – so what better personage to write about than Son Tyler – on his milestone birthday (I guess it’s only a milestone in the U.S., however — where a 16-year-old is able to secure a driver’s license and get behind the wheel of a gas guzzlin’, insurance soaking, American

John Donne once wrote “Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.”  He was referring of course, to the customary practice (‘back in the day’) – of tolling the village death knell when somebody died.  If a stranger or farmer didn’t know the deceased – they would invariably ask “For whom does

I’ve attempted to explain The Principle of Thirds to just about every college class I’ve had – and though a third of each class may have “got it” – probably only a third of THAT third remember the implications and the gravity of The Principle of Thirds.  But let me backtrack-a-bit…             It was probably

I was left feeling rather melancholy when I looked at the hits on this here Doctor’s Inn site for the month of April.  With a nice peak in March – I was hoping to acquire even more readers in April.  Sadly, this was not the case.  I knew I was in trouble when a friend

I’m trying to get this all straight in my head – but I’m not sure that I can ever do it…the U.S. military is complaining that Iran is threatening the stability of Iraq…I, I, ai, ai, yai, yai, yai!  We went into Iraq to collect those weapons of mass destruction – I thought that the

My internet publisher – the illustrious, Arash, wants me to get my stuff into him now before 6:00pm on Sundays – which means I won’t have a bellyful of wine when I write (unless I write on a Saturday Night [and last Night I was too tired from kid stuff to sit at the computer

Congratulations to David Ruth (whom I’ve never met)!  He has the dubious distinction of being the first (and only) respondent to one-of-my-OP-ED-columns.  His comments were succinct and articulate.  Who knows, David,…we may be immortalized some day.  (And now I want you to introduce me to David L. Roth.)   Anyway…Giti got me thinking today about